Has anyone noticed, that the most untruthful American president in history came to office surrounded with documentary filmmakers? Is the difference between Michael Moore and Donald Trump simply one of degree?
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Keep ReadingLove & Stuff (USA, 80 min.) Dir: Judith Helfand Program: Revisionaries Navel-gazing and contemplating motherhood have an obvious affinity: weโre all linked on a chain of umbilical cords to mothers back through
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Keep ReadingHot Docs' 2020 opening night film Softie by director Sam Soko and EyeSteelFilm is a portrait of photojournalist and activist Boniface โSoftieโ Mwangi.
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